'Fratercula arctica' definitions:

Definition of 'Fratercula arctica'

noun

Common puffin of the northern Atlantic [syn: Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica]

From: GCIDE

Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zool.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy, coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and {sea parrot}. [1913 Webster]
Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill. [1913 Webster]
Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx. [1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) The puffball. [1913 Webster]
3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640). [1913 Webster]